Necktie



s- 12, 1930. I... aosrmza 1,112,515

} mmi Filed Maren l, E29

8 Louis Costanz'o- I attorney Patented Au 12, 1930 UNITEDJSTATES PATENTOFFICEYLV' I ouis oosrnivzaor OMAHA, NEBRASKA Application filed ma 19,:19g ;ser 1a 1 no. 48,259.

The present invention relates to improvements in neckties,;and has for an object to provide an improved article of neckwear, which is ready formed and permanently 6 made up'at the factory, so asnotto need tying by the individual user. I

Another object of the, invention is to provide an improved necktie, which will possess an ornamental and becoming appearance in simulation of a hand-tied necktie, but which will not be subject to wear and unsightly wrinkling as in the case of the handtied article. i

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved article of'manufacture'in which silk will be conserved and in which soiling and discolorization of the knot portion will be avoided by reason of the fact that the hands of the user are not required be conveniently and accurately centered and retained in the adjusted centered position without exhibiting any tendency to depart from the position to which it is originally adjusted.

A still further object of the invention-is to provide an improved article of neckwear in which the streamer body portionis short, in which the knotis'made from aminimum of material, and in whichecon-omyx is in volved in the supporting band for the tie.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully de- 4 scribed hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claimappended hereto. I I 7 I In the drawings, ,wherein'like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts through the several views, 7 V

Figure lis a pe'rspective'view of an improved necktie constructed according to the present invention, and i Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings', 10' designates the body streamer por tion. of the necktie, which is usually made from silk or some expensive material. Ac.- cording to the present invention this body portion or streamer may be of relatively short length and the knotportion is ready made or permanently formed, so that "it is not dependent upon the skill of the individual wearer but will atall times presentlthe '60 same uniform artistic appearance and will 7 conserve the silk'materialin its manufacture and enable the necktie to be applied more expeditiously. This knot portioncomprises a 7 narrow neckll, which extendsup'from the streamer body 10 andis' folded over at 12, providing a rear wall 13 in bac'kof the neck portion 11, such rear wallbeing shown in Figure 2;

In the formation of this rear wall13, the 7 material is drawn downand toward one side of" the neck 11, and it is thereupon folded over upon the line; 14 and'brou'ght across in front of the neck 11 in a" transversely extending' sweeping movement with the result that a front, facing 15 is formed, such facing being I V folded overupon the line 16 at the opposite side "of theneck'll. The terminal end portion17 extendsupon the rear portion of the rear wall 13 and "is aflixed theretoasby the stitches"18. y Now it Will benoted-that the upperfedge 19 of the front facing 15 is disposed below the upper fold line 12 between the 'n'e'ckll and-rear wall 131 The parts of the rearwall 86 Q 13 and neck 11, which project above this line. 19 iformia casingwhich houses a transversely extending passage opening through [both sides of the-knot to receive the strip or-stra 20, which preferably is of the same materia and design asthe necktie. The necktie is freely adjusted longitudinally onthe strap '20, the strap being long I enough to extend for a distance beyond both sides of the" knot and to enter the wings'of the collar where 925 turned down collars are used. To the ends of the strap 20 are aflixed elastic tapes 21 and 22 having respectively an eye 23 and a hook 24 by which the tapes may be] secured'jto "gether at theb'ack of the neck. Included,

with one tape, as for instance the tape 22 is an adjusting slide 25 for the purpose of lengthenin or shortening the tape and consequently t e entire band composed of the tapes and the strap 20.

f desired a quantity of padding 26 may be inserted within the knot portion between the neck 11 and rear wall 13, the space therebetween being open at the bottom at the rear side of the necktie, but such space being narrower at its lower open end than at its upper portion, whereby the padding 26 may be made to conform to this contour of pocket, so as to be retained against falling out of the same. The padding may be of cheaper silk or some other material which will give bulk to the knot and imitate the tied appearance ofthesame r V p In practice, thearran ement shown-in Fig- :0 ure 1 ispa rticularly use 111 in connection with a turn over or lay-down collar, thatis a collarhaving two upstanding vertical portions which is open at its front. The ad ustmeat of the slide'25 is first made so that the elastic tapes 21 and 22 encircle the collar and in securing. the fastening means 23 and 24 thetapes are put under tension which will holdflthe tapes and the strap tightly and snugly about the collar, and which will there- Q fore gather the necktieina proper taut position' against the collar. The necktie may be then adjusted laterally along the strap 20 to bring it to a selected central position in order to present the proper ornamental dressed ap- I Du ance- It will be noted that such adjustment of the V knot upon thestrap, 20 may be made without regard tothe construction or adjustment of the tapes 21 and 22 and of the fastening 5 means 23 and 24.

The ends f the strap 20 are tucked under the flu s of the collar and are out of sight and, 0 course,;the elastic tapes 21 and 22are concealed bythe collar from view. Q @Iti will be understood that in 'nstances where a lay down collar is not used and the necktie isto be attached to a stand-u "c'ol- Lar -the" elastietapes 21 and 22 may e, dispensed with and'the' strap 20 may extend all Q the way round to'the hook and e e 23 and 24 at the rear. An elastic insert wi 1 preferably be included in such strap 20' for creating the desired pressure of the band about the collar. It will be noted from the foregoing that the expensive silk material utilized in the manufeature of neckties' may be conserved, since not 'so'much material is" involved in the knot construction herein described without departing from the spirit of the invention it being only necessar that such changes fall within the scope of t e appended claim.

What is claimed is An improved necktie comprising a body portion, a knot portion composed of a nec at the upper part of the body portion, a rear wall connected with the neck and lying behind the same, a front facing connected with the rearwall at one side and lying trans versely across and in front of the neck with its upper edge spaced below the upper con nected ed es of the neck and rear wall, and a termina end ortion connected at the other 80 side with the acing lying behind the rear wall andconnected thereto, said neck and rear wall forming above the facing a transverse slip passage, and supportingmeans slidable through said passage. a

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature. 1

LOUIS COSTANZO.

portion, and wheretheknot portion ispermanently made at the factory the streamer body 10 need not beso long, but is considerablyfshorter and no additional streamer II and? obvi sly eheng scould be made in the 

